December 15, 2010
Sustainability Roundtable Inc. Names Brookfield Office Properties 2010 Outstanding Landlord of the Year
December 15, 2010
Sustainability Roundtable Inc. Names Brookfield Office Properties 2010 Outstanding Landlord of the Year
Sustainability Roundtable, Inc., (“SR Inc”) the leader in shared-cost research and consulting on best practices in more sustainable business, today announced the winner of its “Sustainable Corporate Real Estate Roundtable’s Outstanding Landlord of the Year 2010,” recognizing Brookfield Office Properties for its leadership in sustainability and energy optimization programs.
A publicly traded, international commercial real estate corporation, Brookfield Office Properties owns, manages and develops properties throughout North America and Australia, with assets located in these continents’ most dynamic and resilient markets. Brookfield’s signature properties define the skylines of such signature locales as New York, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Calgary, Sydney and Melbourne.
“Brookfield Properties is helping to set the standard for excellence in the move to more sustainable buildings at the most impactful, portfolio-wide level,” said Jim Boyle, CEO of SR Inc. “Brookfield’s industry-leading efforts go far beyond any single building to include ENERGY STAR certification on 80% of their properties, as well as LEED® certification on sixteen properties by the U.S. and Canadian Green Building Councils.”
“We have made a substantial push over the last few years to green our portfolio and assume an industry-leader role,” said Dan Kindbergh, SVP of Operations for Brookfield. “These measures include instituting energy-reducing systems and programs to achieve LEED and ENERGY STAR at our properties, as well as proactively reporting our greenhouse gas emissions to the Carbon Disclosure Project.”
“We gladly accept this award from Sustainability Roundtable and look forward to leveraging this momentum into our stated mission for 2011: keeping Brookfield ahead of the curve in owning and managing its portfolio to achieve greater sustainability and higher performance,” said Rich Bachia, Senior Vice President of Technical Services. “We are pleased to join so many of our leading tenants who have been long been recognized for their commitment to making greater sustainability and energy optimization a top business priority.”
The following are among the Brookfield properties to receive LEED® certification by the U.S. Green Building Council:
- 1225 Connecticut Avenue, Washington DC, which was redeveloped in 2009, achieved the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Core and Shell Platinum designation, the industry’s highest recognition for environmental sustainability. It is only the second redeveloped building in the United States and the first within the major business districts of the east coast to achieve LEED Platinum status;
- 53 State Street and 75 State Street located in the heart of Boston’s financial district recently achieved the prestigious LEED Existing Buildings: Operation & Maintenance Gold designation;
- Bank of America Plaza, 333 South Hope Street and Ernst & Young Plaza, 725 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles are LEED EB:OM and ENERGY STAR certified.
- 77 K Street in Washington DC was awarded LEED Silver certification for Core and Shell